Samuel Murez, born October 22,1982, is a Franco-American director, choreographer, film-maker, editor, composer, producer, and dancer.
14 Facts About Samuel Murez
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Samuel Murez has been a member of the Paris Opera Ballet since 2001.
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Samuel Murez has been the artistic director of 3e etage, an independent group of soloists and dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet, since its founding in 2004.
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Samuel Murez has been artistic director of 3e etage since its founding in 2004.
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Samuel Murez has stated that he feels his essential role is to foster the very specific 3e etage culture and approach.
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Samuel Murez has overseen the group's development from a "pick-up" style group that performed once in a year into an established company that performs programs by multiple artistic directors year-round in major national and international venues, to audience and critical acclaim.
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Samuel Murez directed and edited the short film of his choreography Numbered Minutes.
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Samuel Murez wrote, shot, directed, and edited a 52-minute documentary about Korean Principal dancer Yong-Geol Kim, entitled Step by Step.
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Samuel Murez choreographed and danced in the film Contresens, directed by Pierre-Alfred Richard, and produced by France 3 and Onyx films.
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Samuel Murez choreographed the video for Interlude, a perfume by Amouage.
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Samuel Murez composed the scores to some of the scenes in "Dereglements".
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Samuel Murez created and mixed the mashups used for the other scenes in "Desordres ".
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Samuel Murez has stated that collaborating with other composers on their scores to his work is one of his favorite creative activities.
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Samuel Murez studied at the Paris Opera Ballet School from 1996 to 2001.